After literally stumbling upon a badger hole, Govin found the one-week-old animal stuck inside. The baby's head was about two inches below ground level.

"I've been around livestock all my life and I never have seen anything like it," he told InsideEdition.com. He tried to pull out the little creature, but couldn't budge it.

The farmer went to fetch a shovel and started digging around the trapped mammal as its mother paced in a circle around her offspring and peered into the hole.

The woolly mother made a humming-like noise and the baby made bleating-like sounds as Govin continued to dig. Alpacas, domesticated South American animals that resemble llamas, are used to herd sheep and are breed for their coats, which are shorn and spun into rugs, garments and other products.

At first, Govin said, he feared a predator had dragged the young animal into the hole and killed it.

But no, the baby was fine, although still a bit wobbly when it came to standing and walking.